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..........The metabolic syndrome is a clustering of risk factors that greatly increases an individual's probability for developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. The predominant underlying risk factors appear to be abdominal obesity, atherogenic dyslipidaemia, hypertension, elevated plasma glucose, a prothrombotic state, and a proinflammatory state